Justin Olivetti
Senior Reporter
A casual gamer and long-time MMO fan, Justin is often heard yelling, "Player housing for all!" in the Massively Overpowered offices. In addition to news, he tackles LOTRO Legendarium for LOTRO, The Perfect Ten, Jukebox Heroes, the retrospective Game Archaeologist series, One Shots, and the Massively OP podcast.
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One Shots: C.R.E.E.P.S.
Whatever happened to bad acronyms as titles for movies and TV shows? Where are our C.H.U.D.s? Our C.H.i.P.s? I guess we have Agents of...
Defiance’s TV series has been canceled, but the game will live on [Updated]
So much for transmedia synergy.
Syfy announced Friday that after three seasons, it is canceling Defiance. The show was part of a cross-media initiative to tie together...
Crowfall conducts pre-alpha postmortem
Crowfall's first "Hunger Dome" pre-alpha test is complete and ArtCraft has many, many numbers to share in its postmortem.
During the test, the Confessor was...
Nexus Telegraph: Six little WildStar elements that I love
With the free-to-play launch calming down somewhat (look man, I can log onto the server!) and fall events kicking off in WildStar, I've been...
The Daily Grind: Can you ever forgive MMOs?
The other day I was watching through a YouTube channel of an MMO player who loves lists as much as I do. And while...
Marvel Heroics: Rating Scarlet Witch and Rogue
I'm back with another installment of rating two Marvel Heroes characters that I've leveled up to 60. Last time I looked at Squirrel Girl...
LOTRO players host RP and music event this Saturday
If you don't have plans this Saturday, consider swinging over to Lord of the Rings Online, where a group of players will be holding...
Echo of Soul update brings in the Warlock
The soft-launched Echo of Soul has a new player on the scene today, as Aeria Games introduced its six class, the Warlock.
Warlocks can specialize...
Devilian’s dungeons include multiple difficulty levels, LFG system, CBT starts next week
Believe it or not, Devilian will feature a lot of grouping as part of its dungeon mechanics. Trion Worlds promises that when it comes...
Tree of Savior closed beta 2 begins on October 27
The next Tree of Savior English closed beta test is right around the corner.
On the official site, the team announced that the second closed beta...
Nexon and NCsoft part ways
After a turbulent partnership, MMO companies Nexon and NCsoft have finally parted ways.
Nexon sold its 15.08% of shares back to NCsoft today, ending the two...
H1Z1 adds female zombies and a bloody hospital
H1Z1 has become an equal opportunity undead employer.
The zombie sandbox patched in female zombies yesterday, expanding the variety of the walking dead that players...
Guild Wars 2 begins Heart of Thorns countdown, announces ESL Pro League
It's a week until Guild Wars 2's first expansion launches (at 3:01 a.m. EDT on October 23rd, to be precise), and ArenaNet's Colin Johanson...
How WildStar’s soundtrack is intensely personal for its creator
Loving those WildStar tunes? Then it's high time you met the man behind the game's enormous and beloved soundtrack, Composer Jeff Kurtenacker.
Top Shelf Gaming...
EverQuest II is running a double XP week for subscribers
Sometimes it pays to be a member.
EverQuest II players who are part of Daybreak's All Access program are enjoying a double XP week. The event...
Star Citizen tops one million accounts, rewards its community
There's no doubt that Star Citizen has a legion of followers, as RSI announced that it has reached its one millionth account (or "citizen").
"If...
The Secret World continues Manufactory dungeon, increases gear cap
Hey, would you like a heap of The Secret World fixes and improvements today? Either way, you're going to get them.
Update 12.5 is out,...
Black Desert Online confirms early 2016 launch with buy-to-play model
The race for 2016 is officially on.
Daum Games confirmed this week that Black Desert Online will be coming out in North America and Europe in...
Divergence Online cracks Steam Greenlight’s top 10, starts work on combat
It's been a very good week indeed for Divergence Online, as the upcoming sandbox MMO has shot into the top 10 list of Steam...
Buy a founder’s pack, get into this weekend’s Blade and Soul alpha
If you're looking for a sure way to get into Blade and Soul's alpha test, then it won't hurt to hand NCsoft a little...
